The League Cup holders have earned plaudits over the last few years for the way they been run under the guidance of chairman Huw Jenkins.

Despite a relatively small outlay, the Welsh side have established themselves as a Premier League outfit and are currently top of their group in the Europa League - even beating Valencia 3-0 in the Mestalla last month.

Ahead of Poyet's Premier League managerial bow he said: "I think [Swansea] have the perfect approach.

"The club is balanced. They’ve changed manager, but they’ve tried to maintain that philosophy.

"That’s a big advantage for any manager who goes there. What a difference with Swansea as a club now. There’s a team who’ve been playing for five or six years in the same way and they’re slowly getting better and better."

The Uruguayan added: "It's a big contrast - we have a few problems. We have changed a manager and we have got a new group of players.

"But at 3pm, it's 11 v 11, one referee, two linesmen. It's about what you do in those two hours.

"It doesn't matter what's happened before. Swansea are in a better balanced position - yes they are, it's true. But that doesn't mean that they are going to win.

"We will go there to win. We need to win football games. We cannot go to places looking to get just one point."